ADD R TO TH& CITIZENS OF WESTMORELAND, WASHINGTON, FAYETTE AND ALLEGHANY COUNTIES. ON THE revenue LAW. Bv JOHN NEVILLE, Inspector of the RkvenU* Sukvey No. 4, District Pennsy lvani a. AFTER having shewn you ihat the conjeflure of the commit tee is without foundation, I will fubinu to you what 1 sup pose to be the real Rate of the matter. An additional revenue was wanting to fulfil the engagements, and fatisfy the exigencies ot the government. Congress, upon full and mature deliberation, were of opinion, that ihe dunes on im ported article* were, in general, fufficieutly high, and that it could not be had from an increale of them. They tound therafclves under the neccflity of resorting to some internal resource of an ex tensive nature. None piefented itfelf which appeared likely to be adequate to the objedt, but a duty on home-made spirits, which are an article of general consumption, or a tax on houses and lands. They could not, even if they had been so dilpofed, make ule of the latter, becaufr the rule prescribed ior if, by the conftuuiion, the number of people, was riot, as before oblcrvcd, then obtained. But if this obstacle had not extfted, they had every ieaton to be lieve, from the ilrong objections, which were made before the conftitutiou was adopted, and from the informationihey had ob tained of ihc sense ol the great majority ot their conftituenrs, that a duty 011 diftillcd spirits would be more acceptable to the com munity at large, thai! a tax on houses and lands, and therefore pie ferred the former. 1 his, fellow-citizens, is a very simple account of the matter, and I am firmly convinced it was the sincere judgment of Cougrefs. As such I leave it with your candor and good sense. Fellow-ciiizens, the committee have gone a great length in this buunefs. They have alfembled not merely to express what they underilood to beyourfentimeuts; to make thofefeotiments known to Congress, and to apply tor an alteration or repeal of the law to which you objc& ; but to give form and shape to a systematic comb i nation to prevent the execution of the la w, in the nrll inllance, to render it as far as their opinion wou!d go, disre putable lor a citizen to accept or exercise an office under it, and what is still more, to compel Congress to revise a system, which they, upon mature deliberation, have deemed eflcntial to a fulfil ment of the obligations of government, to the lupport of public credit, to the power of procuring new aids in cafe of future emer gencies, to the reputation of the nation abroad and at home. And they have formally invited the neighbouring country to unite in this combination ; telling chem in express terms, that it is not merely the demolition of an odious excise law which they have in view, but a revision of the whole funding sys tem. Did such of you as have given countenance to the meeting of this committee contemplate all that has happened ? Was it your intention to have the moll important meafurcs of Congress, rela tive to the most delicate concerns of the nation, rejudged and rc verfed ? Or did you mean only to promote the alteration or re peal of a particular law ? Are you thoroughly aware of all the consequences of accompanying the committee in this plan ? Have you fcrioufly weighed them, and are you prepared to meet them ? No, you certainly are not. You love )our country too well; you arc too geod citizens and too good men, to be willing to put lo much at (lake for so inadequate a cause. 1 he committee themselves, it is earneflly to be hoped and be lieved, cannot have been aware of all the tendencies of their own xneafures. The means proposed to defeat the law are, lft. to express to Congtefs the sense ot those who unite in their views; and adly. to discourage the acceptance of offices under the law. As to the firft expedient, the manner in which, and the express views with which their representation has been made, are, lam sorry to fay, not much calculated to recommend it to Congress. In their address to that body, it is true, they atfure them of " the highetl veneration lor the government of the United States, and foi the laws of the late Coogrcfs in general ; but in their refo- Jutions, they express an opinion, as resulting from a consideration of those laws, '• that mi a very (hort time hasty strides have " been made to all that is UNJUST and OPPRESSIVE; that ■' Congrets have granted Exorbitant Salaries totheir officers, and !' Unreasonable Interest upon the public debt, and this upon principles contrary to the ideas of natural justice, contrary to I' >!* INTEREST and HAPPINESS of the States, and fubver tive of industry ; that they have created a capital of near eighty '' two m.ilions of dollars in the bands of a few persons enabling " them to t n flu en C£ a lew occasionally in power to invade the conifitution," and cite as a proof of their actually having done it the acl constituting a national bank; deno minating at the fame time the excise ast as the " base offspring of the funding system ;" and in their address to the neighboring countics of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and the State of Kentucky • they avow a deftgn to bring about a rcvifion of the funding fyf tern ; thit is the subversion ol one of the moil arduous and im pouant measures, which has engaged the deliberations of the go. vernment. I sincerely wiffi that these things were more recon ctleable to each other than they appear to me to be. But, independently of the manner, what probability is there that this representation can be attended with success ? There is certainly no likelihood that a repeal of the law will bedefued by any thing like the major part of the union be caufc the certain alternative, a tax on lands, would be far more disagreeable ; and to repeal it on the authority of a minor part of the union, would be deftrufiive ol liberty. The committee, indeed, tell you, as if to induce a belief, that the fp.r.t of oppoGtion to the law was general, that in the South em States; Grand juries are presenting u as a grievance ; and in the Northern, allocations are forming to decline dialling alto gether. In a matter offuch importance, it would certainly have been proper to have spoken with greater caution. Lei us fee how ine tact really lianas. In, single county of a s.ncl* State,namelySourh-Carolina, ONEgrand jury has done what the commute alledee Does this comport w.th the latitude of the terms which areufed ? '• In the Southern Stales Grand juries are prcfenting it as a grievance 'i t I" Vft'if L V TV 0l a r s , INCLE Sta,t > namely, New-York, feme dilbllcrs have proposed an aflociation like that which is mentioned ; but it has been acceded to NO WHERE ■ nor has there appeared the lead disposition tu accede to it, but the re verse. Accordingly the business of diflillation is going on in all the northern States, with a perfect /übmiffion to the law and with as much fp.nt a, the quantity of materials will permit. Does th!. true ftateof the fa 6 comport with the defection given 0 f i by the committee ? ' Affectations are forming in the Northern States to decline diftilltng altogether." The account I now give you of'the matter is not fmmife or conj.flure. It is the reluli of unquestionable information If, then, there ~no appearance or profpeft of a general com bination agatnft the law, how will the matter come before Con grcft. The neceflitv for revenue will be as urgent as ever. There will be as little poflibil.ty as ever of substituting another ta, which will be equal to the purpose, and more agreeable to the community. Ihe law therefore, as far as concerns the general objefl on, mufl be adhered to ;or the public faith, the moll so lemn obligations of the government contraSed under the old, and formally iccogoife under the new constitution, the credit and ESS (cONTINfSD.j with it the reputation and future fafety of the countrv must be abandoned and tacnnced. What will be the choice of Congress under such circumftauces ? What ought to be their choice ? Your good ienfe will answer, an adherence to the duty; that they may make some alterations in the iorm ; but that they mull adhere to the lubftance of the law. What, then, is the resource which remains ? M To prevent the execution ot me law by rendering the acceptance or exercise of » ri office under it odious." Let the probability of iuceels from this expedient be aifo examined. Is it probable, that the opinion of a very inconsiderable num ber of pcifons, compared with the whole people of the United States, can render odious, or infamous offices, which in all the other parts of the union, die held and exercifcd by some ot" the most refpedable citizen*, and with the eiteem and approbation ot tiieir fellow-citizens ? Is it prooable that it will prevent those who think the law a uecelfary and proper one, one the due exe cution of which is materially conuecied with the welfare and cre dit ot their country from obeying iheir sense of duty, and lend ing their aid to the government of the nation. It it Ihould have the effe£l proposed, upon those citizens who reside withiu a particular dillntt, will it make the fame impres sion throughout the United Slates ? Will there be no possibility of bringing from any other quarter, perlons disposed to execute the laws of the coantry in those places, where some local influence obitrufls their opeiation ? Will the government of the union fuf fer the execuiiou of us laws to be fruftrated in a particular quarter by a combination to render its service odious, it it can find citi zens ot the greateit Worth and eflimation elsewhere who have more refpeft for that service? And will it not be juftifiible in bringing from some other quarter, citizens to fill offices, which the inhabitants ot the spot will not, or cannot accept or exercise ? What, in fine can be at mod the issue of such attempts but to exclude from serving those who would be mod agreeable to their fellow citizens, to make way for persons of lei's refpeciability among themselves, or toi those who are in some decree strangers to them ? ° It is evident, then, that this expedient is not more likely to be attended with fuccefsthan the former. But perhaps there is something in reserve beyond w*hat is ex prefled. The officers are not only to be dilTuaded by the influ ence of public opinion ; but they arc to be deterred by the dread of personal violence and outrage. Moll eauieflly do I wish that no fact had yet happened to coun tenance this supposition. But already has an officer, acting under the law, experienced outrage to his person, and threats of worse, if he attempts to execute his duty another time. The persons were, indeed, indifguife; but the contempt of the law, the in iult to the government and people of the United States, and the injury to the officer were not the less on that account. Cenfider well where this mud end. In spite of disguises the persons concerned in such mtafuies will be known. No degree of moderation in the government will permit it to fee the authority of th<J laws so trampled upon, without an effort to vindicate it. The efTemial interests of the country, the veiy being of the government mud demand, that no nce be taken of the fa&. A prosecution is the unavoidable con fequtfnce. This, then, bring* ihe matter to a crisis. Either the offenders mult fuffer the penalties of ihe law, its authority be rtftored, and oppouttonto it come to an cod, or the process of the coutis must be reufted. (to be continue©.) War Department. I January 2, J792. "FORMATION is hereby given to all rhe military invalid* ot the United Slates, that the funis to which they are intitled for fix months ot their annual pension, tioin the 4th day of Sep tember, 1791, and which will become due on the day of March, 179*, will be paid on the said day by the Committioners ot the Loans within the states refpcdively, under the ulual regu lations, viz. Every application for payment must be accompanied by the following vouchers. lft. The certificate given by the (late, fpecifying that the per son pout fifing the fame is in fa£ an invalid, and afceitaming the lum to which as such he is annually entitled. 2d. An affidavit, agreeably to the following form : A. B. came before me, one of the Jufticesof the county of in the Hate of and made oath that he is the fame A. B. to whom the original certificate in his possession was given, of which the following is a copy (the certificate given by the state to be re cited) That he served (regiment, corps or vessel) at the time he was dilabled, and that he now resides in the and county of andlias resided there lor the Uft years, previous to which he resided in In cafe an invalid (hould apply for payment by an attorney, the said attorney, be&desthe certificate and oath before recited, must prod uce a lpecial letter of attorney agreeably to the following form - I, A.B. of county of ikate of do hereby confli tute and appoint C. D. of my lawlul attorney, to receive in my benalf of my pension for fix months, as an invalid of the Uni ted States, from the fourth day of September, one thoufdnd seven hundred and ninety-one, and ending the tourth day of March, or,e thousand seven hundred and ninttv-lwo. Signed and sealed in the prefcuce of Witncfles. Acknowledged before me, Applications of executors and adminiftratorj must be accompa nied w.th legal evidence of iheir rcfpca.ve offices, a „d also ol The tune the invalids died, whose pension they may claim By command of the President of the United State's, H. KNOX, Secretary of War. &T The Printers in the rcfpeaive fbtes are requested to publifli Lneabove in their newfpwpers, for the fpjce of two months. TTO BE SOLD, HAT beautiful and elegant lituation on the banks of the Po tomack, adjoining the town of Alexandria, whereon the Cub fcriber now res.de,; about 25 or 30 acres will be fold with the improvements, which area neat and commodious two story houf, compleatyfinifhed from the cellar ,0 the garret, a kitchen, laun! 7k n ? ea ' _houfe ' dalr >-. two story barn, and ice house, all finifhed in the best manner, together w,th several other neceflWv outhouses the yard and garden neatly paled, and a fcillful ca.dner now em »nd° P M lnS " ,1 ° rder; the land Wc " £ ncl°fcd with a post and rail fence ; a well, and fprin., of excellent water-the profpefl is equalled by few, and excelled by none in America ns contiguity ,0 Alexandria, the Federal Town, and George- Town, having a fine and full view of each place, must render .tin few g««'value, being direQlj in a line of communica tion from Alexandria to the other two towns. Should a purchaser offer before the 15th of February next, a cheap bargain may be v *, title, clear of all incumbrances, will be made Wood J 1 W '" a,fo ldl w " h li ' ls P' -Ce » 220 Acres of Wood Land, about 3 m.les distant, which w.il well to fuo port the above in wood and timber. P " December 14, 17Q1. (tf) K&r* ; A,f °- 300 BALDWIN DADE TO BE SOLD, BY JOHN CAREY, No. '-6, Pear-Street, A COLLECTION OK Scarce and Valuable BOOKS, Which may be seen every day, until five o'clock t ?. m. Among them are the jo//ou.tng : Folio. T TOMER, Xrnoyhon, Plato, Plutarch, Eufebius, Soto- X. 1 men, Theodoret, Virgil, Horace, Livy, Tacitus, Pater culus, Pliny, Concordantia Lat. Concordantia Gr. Thetaurus Ci ceronis. Bibiia Junit and Tremtllii, Bible de Martin,Wells's Maps, vScapulie—Phavorini—Martinii—Hotfmani Lexica, Vofiii Etymo* log'con, Antiquit. Ecclef. Britaunicas, See. Quarto. Pindar, Cyropaedia, Benilev's Horace, Terence and P.iitdrus, Ovid, Juvenal, Manilius, C'.ceronis op. om. Cxfar, Su etoniu*, Julius Pollux, Hederici Lexicon, Voflii Ais Gram. Ciuvc rii Geographic, Juftnu.tn Code, <kc . Oflavo et infra. Homer, Anacreon, Aristophanes, Theopnraftus, Hefiod, Pocta; minores Gr. Ifocrates, Phalans, va rious editions of Horace, Virgil, Terence, and Ovid, Tibullus, Plau tus, Lucan, Martial, Ciaudian, Val. Flaccus, Aufonius, Buchanan, Salluit, Curtius, Flows, Jaftiti, Val. Maximum, A. Gcllius, Hill. August. Scriptores, Englijh and French Travjlations of l'ome of the Claflics, a great variety ot Greek, and Latin Grammars, <kc. &c. {£3" Catalogue? may oe had ot Mcffis. Rice& Co. Booklellers, Market-ilreet, or of JOHN CAREY. Oftobergi. (ep tf.) Public Securities, Bought and Sold, on C O M M I SS I O N, by SAMUEL ANDERSON, Chefnut-Sc reet, next door to the Bank, No. 97. IMPERIAL HYSON,SOUCHONG, and IiOKEA TEAS, REFINED SUGARS, COFFEE, &SPICES,&c.&c. Of ibe full quality—by retail, No, 15^ Third-Street,between Chefuut and MarkctStreels. A few TICKETS in 3d and lait Class 0/ the NEW-JERSEY LOTTERY. American Lead Manufactory. STEPHEN AUSTIN, & Co. HAVE jull now opened their Lead-Warehouse, two doors south ot Walnut-il; e-'t Wharf, adjoiuing their New Factory— where thev have now made, and ready foi {ale, a general affort mcnt ofSHOT of ali sizes, with SHEET and BAR LEAD, the production ot the Mines in Virginia. As they have employed a number of experienced Engliih workmen, they warrant it to be equal in quality to anv manufd&ured in Europe, ana at a reduced price from the cost of imported. They alio continue to manufa&ure all the above articles at Richmond, in Virginia. Ail orders addreiled to either of the above Fa&ories, will be thankfully received, aud executed ou tne shortest notice. N. B. Wanted, indubious, sober, Labounn# Men, at the said Mines, where constant employ, good wages, and other encourage ments will be given, means of conveyance being provided, and houses for their reception. For further particulars enquire of Mcffrs. Mosts Austin 6c Co. at their Factory in Richmond, or as above. Philadelphia, December 3, 1791 George Meade Has for SALE, at his Stoieson Wa l nut-Streit Wh A*r, A FEW pipes of 3 and 4 years old hills of exchange Madeira WINE, which he will dispose of by the pipe, hogthead or quarter caflt. London market Madeira WINE, 5 and 6 years old. Old Sherry WINE of the firft quality, by the hogthead or quarter calk. Three and 4 years old Lisbon WINE, of a superior quality to what is generally imported, by the pipe, quarter calk, or larger quantity. Choice old Coniac BRANDY, by the pipe, tierce, or larger quantity. A few quarter cherts of firft quality Hyson TEA. He hasjull received by the Pigou, Loxley, matter, from London, a few quarter calks of old Madeira WINE And By the bn K Mercury, Capt. Stevens, from Dublin, a few boxes of In fa LINENS, low priced and well aflorted ; a few bales of red and white FLANNELS, and fomc GLUE. A few boxes of Spermaceti CANDLES of the fiift quality, and Burlington PORK of prime quality. He has also to dispose of, a quantitv of dressed White Oak STAVES. He means lo krep a constant supply of First Quality Madriia and Lisbon WINES, and whoever is pleased to favor him with their custom, may be allured of being well served. He will, through ihe Winter and Spring, buy undrefled HAND SPIKES. He is purchasing FLAX-SEED and BEES-WAX, auA will give the highest price for them. N.B. A few hampers of excellent London PORTER «nd Taunion ALE, jufl received, and 10 be difpoled 01. Philadelphia, November 16, 1791 John Pintard, SWORN BROKER & AUCTIONEER, PURCHASES and SELLS PUBLIC DEBT of eveiydercriptio»,onCommiffiui, Oat the following rates: N the specie amount of all s a l es at auction, one ti'kth pe. cent. ° 1 On ditto at private fnlc or purchase, one-hdf per cent On remittances, ditto Receiving interest at the Loan-Office, one percent, on the amount of the lutcreU. F<w making transfers at ditto,cents per transfer. ,k • a perr ° ns , 35 ma y indmc i» '"or the fubferiber with u°V he ' r being executed with punSuakf,, fidelity anddifpatch. Hu long experience and exteofive dealing in the public stocks, together with a well established correfuoiJ dence throughout the Lnued States, enable him to couduft his operations with peculiar benefit to his employers. J 0"H N PINTARD, Kern-York, No. 57, King-Street. 0 Sober 15, i7g Axa nr cT° BE ,OLD Bv ™ E "iron, Iln A ,ec ' ,vl "Js a nJ paving Gold a t the B*nk of the Cm, t f!il n "if* 1 "* Ihc V>lue of Gold ,n Dollarj *" d Aftjf so 1 >" C r3 * ou,,int * Pennyweights— according to ihc Jl Con £ rc '». afcerta ( ,iing the Standaid and Value of Gold. (ep 6w.)
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